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Matsya, the Lord's Fish Incarnation
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pralayaḥ padmanābhasya lilayeti ca kutracit
sarva-manvantarasyānte pralayo niścitam bhavet viṣṇu-dharmottare tu etat mārkaṇḍeyeṇa bhāṣitam
manor ante layo nāsti manave 'darśi māyayā viṣṇuneti bruvāṇais tu svāmibhir naiṣa manyate
TEXT 38
मदीयं महिमानं च परं ब्रह्मेति शब्दितम् । वेत्स्यसनुगृहीतं मे संप्रश्नैर्विवृतं हृदि ॥३८॥
madīyam mahimānam ca param brahmeti śabditam vetsyasy anugrhītam me sampraśnair vivṛtam hṛdi
madīyam—pertaining to Me; mahimānam—glories; ca—and; param brahma—the Supreme Brahman, the Absolute Truth; iti—thus; śabditam—celebrated; vetsyasi—you shall understand; anugrhītam—being favored; me—by Me; sampraśnaiḥ—by inquiries; vivṛtam—thoroughly explained; hṛdi—within the heart.
TRANSLATION
You will be thoroughly advised and favored by Me, and because of your inquiries, everything about My glories, which are known as param brahma, will be manifest within your heart. Thus you will know everything about Me.
PURPORT
As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (15.15),  sarvasya cāham hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtir jñānam apohanam ca : the Supreme Personality of